Job Description:
Early Careers Co-ordinator
London or Manchester
6 month fixed term contract
Full time
Hybrid working
Salary DOE & attractive benefits package
The closing date for all applications is Friday 14th November, 2025.
We make health happen!
This role will play a key role supporting the Group Early Careers Team, reporting into the Early Careers Manager.
The team oversee Bupa's graduate and placement programmes across Group Functions and BGIUK teams, currently supporting over 50 students on various pathways. The Coordinator will play a key role in ensuring the smooth running of these programmes and supporting the attraction and development of early talent.
How you'll help us make health happen:
Manage the Early Careers inbox and respond to queries.
Coordinate diaries and schedule meetings with internal stakeholders and external partners.
Produce regular reports on recruitment, diversity, and retention metrics.
Maintain licences and subscriptions relevant to the Early Careers team.
Organise assessment centres, including sending invitations to assessors and candidates.
Administer tasks related to external assessment platforms.
Support Early Careers Ambassadors with queries and help facilitate social, networking, and development events.
Provide finance support, including processing purchase orders, invoices, and internal recharges.
Liaise with the Communications team to support programme visibility.
Lead the planning and delivery of induction events, including logistics such as room bookings, diary invites, catering, and travel arrangements.
Attend team meetings, manage agendas, and track actions.
Ensure the efficient day-to-day running of the Early Careers team.
Skills & Experience needed for this role:
Proven experience in team coordination, ideally within an Early Careers or People function.
Comfortable working in a fast-paced, dynamic team environment.
Highly self-motivated and proactive, with the ability to work independently.
Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage a busy workload and competing priorities.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with confidence engaging at all levels.
Discreet and trustworthy when handling sensitive information.
Positive, flexible, and collaborative team player.
Proficient in Microsoft 365 and quick to learn new software platforms.
Benefits
Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health - from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.
Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:
25 days holiday per year.
Management bonus scheme
Access to a range of services to support your physical and mental wellbeing
Access to our confidential employee assistance programme
Workplace pension
Online discounts covering your everyday shopping, entertainment, eating out and more.
Why Bupa?
We're a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose - helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.
We encourage all of our people to "Be you at Bupa", we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That's why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We'll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.
If you require information regarding this role in an alternative format, please email: grouprecruitmentandtalent@bupa.com
Time Type:
Full timeJob Area:
People & HRLocations:
Angel Court, London, Bupa Place
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